Scientific Name	Chaetodon rafflesii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Anonymous [Bennett], 1830	Depth	1 - 15M
Chinese	雷氏蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	格紋蝴蝶魚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	網蝶、蝶仔(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Sumatra
Synonyms	Anisochaetodon rafflesi, Chaetodon dahli, Chaetodon princeps, Chaetodon rafflesi, Chaetodon rafflessi, Chaetodon sebae
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Bennett, E. T. 1830 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057089. ASIZP0057779. FRIP21101. NTUM00656. NTUM01418. NTUM08030.
Common Name	Raffle's butterflyfish; Latticed butterflyfish; Latticed coralfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length about equal to head height; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Snout short. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with XII to XIII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 21 to 23 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 18 to 20 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 or 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall yellow with cross-hatched pattern on the sides; a dark black spot is sometimes present under the spinous portion of the dorsal fin; a black bar runs across the eye. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins have a dark stripe the position of which varies with age.
habitats	An uncommon species found in areas of rich coral growth of lagoon and protected reef flats and seaward reefs at depths of 3 to 20 m. Often in pairs. Feed on sea anemones, polychaetes, and octocorallian and scleractinian coral polyps. Oviparous.
Distribution	Distributed from Sri Lanka and the Andaman Sea throughout the Indo-Malayan region northward to southern Japan, eastward across the tropical southern Pacific Ocean to the Tuamotu Archipelago. Widely around coral reefs in northern and southern Taiwan.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.